derring-do
Noun
Meaning
brave and heroic feats
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Examples
My derring-do allows me to Dance the rigadoon around you. But by the time I'm close to you, I lose my desideratum and now you.
Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.
Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors.
One man's disobedience is another's derring-do.
Since the swanky soiree is happening in the penthouse suite of swashbuckling star Douglas Fairbanks, some derring-do is called for.
But it’s that Aboriginal love of country combined with cockney humour, Celtic derring-do and the immigrant’s desire to give it a go that have alchemised into the spirit of Australia.